Mobile learning (m-learning) is said to be the next wave of learning (Bonk, 2009). The ITU World Telecommunication (2009) reported an estimate of 4.6 billion mobile cellular telephone subscriptions around the world compared ...

Learners in a distance education system need support both related to academic course work and non academic issues. However the areas where the distance between the institution and the learner seems the widest is that of ...

Success of distance education would be depended on how the policy makers’ are aware of the problems, needs, attitudes and characteristics of their learners. The present study tried to reflect the learners’ demographic ...

The main aim of this paper is to discuss the implementation if digital learning materials are
feasible for the Open School programs. The specific objectives of the current research are:
• to promote the key concepts, ...

One of the goals of the Distance education Modernization project (DEMP) launched at the Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL) in 2003, with the assistance of the Asian development Bank (ADB) was to utilize ICT as an effective ...

Open University Malaysia (OUM) is the first ODL institution in Malaysia to offer a completely pure online programme. The programme called Master of Instructional Design & Technology (MIDT) is accredited by the Malaysian ...

Education is the key for development and prosperity of any society. Education is a way to acquire knowledge; and knowledge is the foundation for entering successfully into the new global society. However, if education is ...

Based on a set of exploratory studies on the cardinals of teaching-learning process in the courses of statistics in distance education system, the paper attempts to put forth a case for reorienting instructional process ...

Teachers are shapers of the modern world. They play a leading role in transforming the children into responsible global citizens by facilitating them acquire knowledge, skills, values and attitudes. Educated citizens are ...

Mobile phones have become ubiquitous. Almost anyone who can have a mobile phone has one. The amount of information and access to it has grown exponentially, thereby the potential for using varied resources for instruction ...